Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-06-25
SPECULATION DID 1T.
A Sequel to the Groat Chicago
Wheat Deal.
The Fidelity National Bank Closes Its
Doors, but the Officials say the Bank VIII
Pay Dollar For DoIlar-Vice- President
Harper Gives Up Every Thing to Iii.
Creditors.


PAY Dollar For DoIlar-yice- pr.sid.r,
Uarper Gives I'm Every Thiuy ,o nj,
Cr.d,tors.
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,he Ey1olity Nnt,onoI n,r,, aao Wv 'oV,S VI
n -, .,,,,,a, "i' ''o9ou, Nheh
49,, -, ,,Iu' ~, openi's 'he oahR,
.AN ,''"' '''' '''liVc Was uohlcu
W a.i' ooou iargo anu nhbry crowd gathered |
uhu 'i'oio ""' mum eAcl'cheht' All X nds OF |
ruihors were ABROAD. ohc, ana II Is known to |
Dc correct, was 10 lhe ehcct mat the u. ). Bank
Examiner had spent yesterday and q
large part OF last night in going
over the books, and that he
had announced that it would be well for Mr.. e. |
J.. Harper, the Vice President and virtual
manager of the concern, to resign. Meanwhile
the crowd kept growing larger, and one or two
men began to make threats, and talked about
smashing the windows. But soon a detail of
eight policemen arrived, and they kept the
crowd quiet one obstrepcrous individual, who
claimed he would lose every thing should the
Fidelity go under attempted to force the doors
of the bank open. He hammered and hammer
ed on them and paid no attention to the com
mands of the police to stop. Finally they were
obliged TO tear him from the door and put him
on the outside of the crowd where he quickly
subsidized
Have you any thing to say Mr. Harper"
"sNou ho"Silah at zen oclock as ne ap-
proachcu tno NIce-freSlueht OF thc fldeltN
"ho was Ioun" sc"'eu 's'csSIS pehlhu his Dig
uosN .,... ou' ~ 'iEnv VI t1oso VINO were Pccr'nR
'iioush tnp p"ilh "'iuo"S' MOI word
was ,'l' "',"cl, anu 'ne" turning MS Eyes iuli
on 'no ln,ora'cncI, , peIINSlng '" cohSlueraD,e
itutsIu'o ,',t, "oouV 'no,r CORNERS nc conlnueu'
, nav T'n ! spS. lou see tlo pahN is
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rs VI, ~ ~ " So" 'I''"S P'"P'o '"''' anu @
,i'''o '"i''ns' 'n'"N "'o tAtitsH'nV WIZ
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iat.t' hu" M'' ii"lPo'' """V - tuolo ~ 'nlS
9,"'elnomt uluv you "clo "siN'u u TO-
s'gu' M maven "oru 10 say
ne nc"sHiHH 'le" "tn' W MI h"PhIhs' tne
assistant c"s"lcr ana usAe" inc quesuo" MI
i'u,Pef hou Ius' roIuSVu 'oamsWgr
Not WIN VI tlu'n III w. nav "oouV 'ho
uePosl'ors, MI hophlhs' nIau you men
t'oheo 'h"', 0aS 10 'heh' .iiat 'heN VIII Ee' c''
cry uoi.!r' Il NOT To-Day OF 10 MORO" inc next
day. MAKE IL conspicuous that they VIII set
every uol'ar'
MT Rowland ElIlS' inc old BANK Examiner
ior ONO sold' III looks very bad ! near me
Government agent has discharged Messrs, Hnr'
per, BALDWIN and Hopkins from their positions
or trust How could Govern
ment agent discharge them" why
ltS "oNtlnn'ht o'pos'ory un"
the suppostion is inevitable from to-day's de-
yclopmcntS that they have been using the Gov
cruments funds The Government has preju.
dice against wheat deals, and will be likely
TO be very severe with these men If they are
found to have been in that deal If they have
lheS nave committed pehllehllafy o'icHSt ana
are now ucpv"" "po" l'' uiucr HoNo'H'"''''d'
surEelllanee.
MI. d. H. pcl amp OF inc MelIopoH'ah has
peeh appointed receiver
Al noon to-day came the news OF lhe as.
slRnmcht OF 'he enormous IRON business oi
+ Il. Harpc7 " Co 10 Eugene "lihiuoru'ah'
r. l.. Harper Co. controlled perhaps inc
greatest iron interests west OF the Alleghc-
MES. This includes the Riverside koIIlhS
MIL at Cullom Station, riverside ana the oX'
tensiYe works in Newport KY employing
,Iiousan"s Vi iHen Mr' h'lPet ''Ho ili'N'a ''.'
individual assignment OF his entire property,
giving up every thing. lie Is ruined man.
Every thlng he possesses mas Deeu turhe" Over
TO MS creditors.
Mr.. Harper has transferred twenty-five lotS
10 lhe fldeilty bahK' ana haIl IhlcIes, III WV
others. However, he can not pay what he owes
the bank in this way. According 10 aIa'couh's
that is a hopeless debt.
Joseph W. Wiltshire transferred to Il. l.. Har'
per great deal of real estate situated in differ
ont parts Of the city on prominent streets,
This, no doubt was done to secur' the bank
from any failure on the part of the erantor to
nav 4, O1o on which he wiltshire. is alleged to
p"S F,'''oooo' ".'iou ~, -, o,,so,,
have borrowed without 'hc directors 'o"''n'
and conveyed to Chicago
Joseph wiltshire, IL IS sald, mas also gone up
nlc mas ms pavPga " his crcJi,ors
VINO IN 'urn ,r''gre @ ,soa w ,hS o universal
"hht cause" 'no ,~louuIe ~ - % 'ao ~, .,,ar
question. lttakes only one WORD IN answer
solemn assertions Of Mir Harper to the contrary
lhe money ol 'ne llogn,y mas o''" u''" !" ''''
sTI, Tbcra tO is 0nS C"cg claim oson, the Fidelity by
the American Exchange Bank of over 500
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